Michelle Obama, looking for a little bit of normalcy while living a fish bowl existence at the White House, managed to spend a leisurely 40 minutes filling a shopping cart at an Alexandria, Virginia Target store on Thursday.
With her hair tucked up into a grey Nike baseball style cap and sporting sunglasses, the dressed down first lady wasn’t recognized until she was nearly ready to leave the store with two Target bags in hand.
The President’s wife was accompanied by her assistant, and several casually dressed secret service agents who arriving a half-hour prior to Mrs. Obama to take up unobtrusive positions throughout the store.
We are told that the cashier was the only one in the store to figure out her identity. Mrs. O carried a purse and paid cash for her purchases. So what did she buy? Dog food, toys for Bo and a few undisclosed items.
Her departure was captured by AP photographer Charles Dharapak, who was apparently privy to the shopping trip in advance and was encouraged to take a few candid shots at the end of the well-orchestrated outing.
Check out video of the first lady’s adventure below:
Photo: AP-Charles Dharapak